The National cyclopædia of American biography : being the history of the United States as illustrated in the lives of the founders, builders, and defenders of the republic, and of the men and women who are doing the work and moulding the thought of the present time, edited by distinguished biographers, selected from each state, revised and approved by the most eminent historians, scholars, and statesmen of the day . ies. He received his prepara-tory education at private schoolsin New York, and subsequentlyattended Harvard and Williamscolleges, and was graduatedwith distinction from Columbialaw
The National cyclopædia of American biography : being the history of the United States as illustrated in the lives of the founders, builders, and defenders of the republic, and of the men and women who are doing the work and moulding the thought of the present time, edited by distinguished biographers, selected from each state, revised and approved by the most eminent historians, scholars, and statesmen of the day . ies. He received his prepara-tory education at private schoolsin New York, and subsequentlyattended Harvard and Williamscolleges, and was graduatedwith distinction from Columbialaw school, in the class of 1857,and in July of that year wasadmitted to the bar as attorneyand counselor of the supremecourt of the state of New York,and immediately commencedthe practice of his profession in that city. He was marriedat Fishkill-on-Hudson Aug. 10,1858, to Julia, daughter of John S. Rich and Julia Van entered the United States ser-vice at the commencement ofthe civil war. As captain ofthe 5th New York volunteerinfantry, August, 1861, he waspromoted a major of 2d New York cavalry, andserved as major, lieutenant-colonel and colonel, un-til September, 1863, when he was brevetted brigadier-general U. S. volunteers, and appointed to the com-mand of a brigade of cavalry in the army of thePotomac, and served in this capacity until the ter-mination of the war, after which he returned to New. York city, and resumed his law practice. He wasPublic Administrator of New York city for a periodof three years, closing his term Jan. 1, 1869. From1870 to 1873 he was assistant district attorney of theUnited States, after which he refused to liold o.*iice,and has devoted hiuLself exclusively to the practiceof his profession. He resided at Fishkill-on-Hudson,at thecountry seat inherited from his father, wherehe died, Sept. 6, 1894. DAVIES, Charles Frederick, soldier, was bornin the city of New York June 27, 1838, second sonof Judge Henry E. Davies. He received an educa-ti
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